Securing the Human Side of Elections
It\u2019s been nearly a year since the Department of Justice the U.S. Department of Justice established an Election Threats Task Force to address the rise in threats against election workers, administrators, officials, and others associated with the electoral process. As the world saw during the Jan 6 hearings, poll workers like Shaye Moss faced dire threats and bogus claims of wrongdoing for simply believing in democracy.
Recently the Alliance for Securing Democracy released a report headlined \u201cDeterring Threats to Election Workers: Recommendations for the Department of Justice\u2019s Election Threats Task Force\u201d that outlines some\xa0 suggestions for the task to use to better fight threats.\xa0David Levine is the Elections Integrity Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy and\xa0one of the authors of the report. He joined the podcast\xa0me to discuss the efforts to subvert the administration of U.S. elections.
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